Thursday, 16 June 2011

“Sound Wear” is a collection of sound making wearable pieces, which are playful and interactive.

I discover and explore interesting sounds by making resonating shapes in metal, wood and porcelain.

“Sound Wear” is experimental in regards to material, size and sound, which allows me to respond in different ways to create aesthetic and sound making qualities that might express the personality of the wearer.

The use of colour in my current body of work represent C G Jungs categorising theories from early 1920th, where personality testing results in one of four different colours, representing the main characteristics of a personality type.

At the centre of “Sound Wear” is a collection of four hats; it also includes bracelets, a neckalce, brooches, headphones and headwear. The hats are made of 0,8 mm plywood built around laser cut 3mm painted MDF.

The green character is described as an introvert and shy person.

The hat has got two string instruments on the sides and is designed to encase the wearer with sound. The sound is clear and harp like for the wearer, but can not be heard from the outside of the hat.

This hat allows the wearer to be in their personal space and to play their own melody of life.

The red character is described to be a leader type with short communication.

The shape of the hat is inspired by headgear forauthoritative like Egyptian kings.

This hat makes a firm “flip sound” if the wearer touches the end of the wooden strips in one movement, from the top to the bottom. I imagine the sound to be used to attractattention and together with the movement it convayssomething very authoritative about the movement of the wearer.

The yellow character is described as a fun, networking and playful person.

I imagine this character to be attention seeking and toengage people with her appearance.

This hat has two mini slinkies attached with magnet on the sides. The slinkies can be pulled out or automatically pop out if the wearer tilts her head.

When the slinkies fall out it creates a spacey, electronic star wars like sound. The wearer can increase the sound with her movement and let a viewer listen to the sound through one of the attachments in the slinkies. This creates aconnection between wearer and viewer.

Statement

I work with jewellery and accessories in a broader sense, as objects related to the body. Jewellery and accessories are communicative objects worn on the body.

My work is conceptual and influenced by our contemporary society, architecture, human relations, politics and culture. In my work I play around with ideas, thoughts and feelings to explore how things might have been if they were slightly different.

Communication between people, personal space, how we all experience reality in different ways, and that there is nothing such as a true version, is some of the things that inspires my work. I would love to get in to someone else’s head and sense how they experience the world around them!

In my practice I am working with a wide range of materials. Presentation/communication is an important part of my work and I like to collaborate with other artists. I like my work to be an experience for the viewer and the wearer.